Price: £75.00

Learn how to sharpen the Tormek way and discover its full potential. The one day sharpening woodturning tools with Tormek course will introduce you to the whole range of Tormek woodturning jigs. Your tutor will guide you through various woodturning tools and how to sharpen them using specific Tormek woodturning jigs.

What you will learn

Across your day you will learn how to shape and sharpen all gouges, skew chisels, scrapers and parting tools. In addition, you will not only learn how to get your tools razor sharp but you will discover how to replicate your favourite profiles over and over again. With guidance from you tutor you will also learn how to use the stone grader and truing tool correctly. We encourage you to bring your own turning tools so you can go home with freshly sharpened tools.

Additional information

You will start your day with a welcome talk, including a hot drink, health and safety brief and a breakdown of the machines you will be using.

At the end of the course you will take home a certificate of attendance.

The minimum age is 14 years old and anyone under 16 must be accompanied by an adult for the duration of the course and must not be left unattended during class hours. If you would like to read our terms and conditions click here.

Course Tutor

Ben Beddows

Course Tutor

Profile

Ben has always been creative, and since early school days has been interested in art, design and creating things. When he joined Axminster in 2010 he saw an opportunity to develop those skills further by becoming a member of the Skill Centre team.

Ben began in the Skill Centre by preparing and setting up machines for courses, this is where his knowledge of woodworking and woodturning machinery really developed, giving him a broad understanding of all aspects of woodwork. He then refound his passion for the creative side when he began woodturning pens, he was bitten by the turning bug and began running the pen turning courses and became a part of the Windsor Chair course.

His biggest creative outlet and art he is known for is pyrography, which he sells through local galleries. He uses his passion for the art to inspire his course students, where they can gain first hand experience of understanding the techniques needed and what you can achieve.

Ben pulls upon his wide ranging skills to develop his training techniques for the customer and for staff training to encourage learning, with his enthusiasm for the art always coming through.

Course Tutor

Hollie Wise

Course Tutor

Profile

Hollie has been with Axminster for over six years and specialises in two courses, the hand tool sharpening and woodturning sharpening with Tormek. As a regular demonstrator of the Tormek system instore and at trade shows she knows all there is to know about how to get the perfect edge.

Always keen to impart her knowledge in a relaxed and informal way, the results however are anything but blunt. If you’re attending one of Hollie’s events make sure to bring your own tools to sharpen so that once you’re finished you’ll have all you need to start cutting, carving, chiseling and turning.